The Kenya Institute of Bankers (KIB) jointly with FSD Africa
(FSDA), wish to identify and contract a consultancy firm to carry out a
strategic capacity assessment of the institute and its training programmes in
banking and financial services.
KIB is a membership-based organization made up of corporate
and individual members. It currently has 47 banks as corporate members with
their employees as individual members. Some of the member and non-member banks
have over 288 branches in the East African Community, South Sudan and the rest of Africa. KIB has a governing
council represented by corporate members from the banking and finance sector.
FSDA, a financial sector deepening trust, aims to support
financial sector development across the African continent by encouraging skills
development, transfer of knowledge (e.g. research, business models, policy
approaches etc) across borders, and by building the capacity of financial
systems in other ways. Supporting the development of well-functioning credit markets
development is a priority for FSDA.
The primary purpose
of the consultancy is to:
·
Carry out an institutional capacity assessment
in light of KIB’s institutional re-engineering and skills demand from financial
services industry. This should include identification of areas of vulnerability
and specific recommendations on how these can be solved.
·
Consider KIB’s future role, proposing an
imaginative vision for the institution that is both consistent with its current
mandate and realistic in light of the resources that are likely to be available
to it within reasonable expectations
·
Make recommendations of how KIB could strengthen
capacity to meet its current and future needs; and
·
Propose a road map for the capacity
strengthening process including monitoring indicators
Your proposal should
contain:
·
Names and CVs (maximum 3 sides of A4 paper each)
of lead consultant(s) including qualifications and relevant experience in
providing the kind of assessment required aand an outline of team structure
·
A summary of your firm/s experience in providing
the kind of analysis called for in the terms of reference
·
A description of your understanding of the role
of the Consultants as outlined in the terms of reference
·
A description of how you/your firm intend to
fulfil the services within the suggested timeline
·
A financial proposal – an estimated budget not
to exceed 10 side of A4 (font size 11), excluding CVs, company brochures, etc
should be sent to info@fsdafrica.org
under a subject line reading “Invitation
to tender:KIB strategic assessment”. Detailed terms of reference can be
obtained from FSD Africa’s website www.fasafrica.org/opportunities
Proposals must be
received by FSD Africa no later than 1200 EAT, Friday, 24/10/14